Overshoe.



E. P. RIUKERT.

OVERSHOE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 16, 1907.

Patented May 11, 1909.

UNITED sratrns PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD P. RICKERT, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

VERSHOE.

Application filed. September 16:1907. Serial No. 393,140.

Speoifieation of- Letters Patent.

Patented May overshoes and especially to la ies overshoes of the type bers.

The object of this invention is to provide means which will cause the rubber to grip on, the shoe and which will also reinforce the own as croquet and storm rub.-

' :rubber at the points which are subject to strains tending to tear or break the rubbertnd which will be of such a nature as will not out or abrade the surface of the shoe or cause a cracking or peeling ofthe rubber coating in' proximity to said means and in this partic-' ular my invention is an improvement on the invention described in Letters Patent N 0. 381,153 granted to me March 10th, 1908.

My invention, therefore, consists in the features of construction and combination of parts as described in the-s ecification, ointed out in the. claims and il ustrated in t e action.

companying'drawings. v In the accompanying-drawings Figure .1 showsja side elevation of an overshoe or rubber of the .storm type embod g my inven- Fig. -2 is a side elevation of a rubber of. the croquet type; Fig.3 is a rear elevation of the rubber shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a section on line 44, Fig. 1. Fig. 5 isa. section on line 5-5, Fig. 2.

Again referring to the drawings and Fig. 2, Fig. 3 and Fig. 5, in particular, 1 represents the body of a rubber of the croquet type. The heel and back of the rubber is therefore considerably higher than the front and the top edge of the rubber slo es down in a ractically straight line from t e heel to the ront where there is a sli ht di or recess 2 at'each side and then swel s slig itly. up'at the front where a -low flap or ii '3 is formed which laps over the base of t e-instep of the shoe. Starting at a point on the rear surface of the heel, a short distance below the top edge of the rubber,.a tape 4 of some nonelastic material is laid along both sides of the rubber,

center of the rear. face of the hee 0n the face of the foundation of the body of the rubber, so that as it approaches the recesses 2 it comes nearer and nearer to the top edge of the rubber and when it reaches the recesses 2 the upper edge of the tape 00'- incides with the top edge of the rubber and is carried around the flap or lip 3 in the saine way, that is, with the upper edge of the tape 4 coinciding with the top edge of the flap. At the center of the rear face of the heelthe tape has two divergent branches 5 which extend downwardly on each side of the rear central portion of the heel, toward the outer sides of the heel, and into the sole of the heel and the ends 6 thereof are thence carried upwardly' on each side of the center of the heel and are-brought together on the center line of'the heel. The said branches, therefore,

form two inverted Us one inside of the other.

Of course it is immaterial in. laying on the tape where it is started from and the tape may be made continuous or endless and given the necessary shape to permit it to be molded into the overshoe in the manner shown in the drawings. After the tape has been laid on, the foundation of the body of the overshoe isgiven its-final coating of rubber.

In Fig. 1 and Fig. 4 I have shown a modified formof. my invention embodied in the type of overshoe known as a storm rubber and in this construction the norrelastic tape is I provided with a reinforcing nonelastic heading on. the face thereof. In said figures 1 represents the body of the rubber which has its upper provided with a long-flap 2 adaptedito extend u and over the instep of the wearer. The-e ge of the up or is provided with the usual recess 3; he tape 4 is laid ,on the foundation of the overshoe in the same manner as heretofore described, the tape'starting at the center line of the heel a short distance below the top edgeand extending around both sides of the overshoe to the recesses 3 where the upper edge of the tapecoincides with] the upper edges of the recesses 3 and thence the tape is carried around. the flap 2-with its upper edge coinciding-with the top edge of the fia At the the tape has branches 5extending downwardly on each side of the rear central portion of the heel toward the outer side thereof andinto the sole and the endsfi thereof are thence carried upwardly on each side of the center of the heel in exactly the same way as detion.

4 shoe and the flap in particular is held tightly will in no way mar the surface thereof. Also scribed in reference to Fig. 3. After the tape has been arranged on the overshoe a nonelastic cord is laid along the center line thereof forming a beading 8 on the tape 4 and a beading 9 and 10 on the branches thereof. If preferred the beading can be formed on the tape when it is woven and the. tape and beading can then be put-on in a single opera By the use of a flat nonelastic tape as-a binding or gripping means the upper edge of the rubber is caused to lie flat against the.

over the instep and owing to the width of the tape the flap or edge of the rubber cannot roll back on the binding material as a core, as is possible when a round cord is used. Also owing to its comparatively greater surface the tape will not saw or cut into the surface of the shoe and therefore a rubber provided with a tape according to my invention can be worn on a shoe of a very soft leather and by the use of a tape as describedthe heel is greatly reinforced and will preserve its sha ie without wrinkling or creasin even when the heel of the shoe is much sma ler in cross section and of a different shape and this of course increases the life of the rubber as itis the wrinkling and creasing which produce. the cracks in the rubbers. Another trouble which is entirely obviated by theme of the nonelastictape, instead of the nonelastic cord, is the breaking or cracking of the rubber coating inthe. vicinity. of the binding material for it has beenfound that when a nonelastic cord is used and strain is put thereon, as in putting on the rubber, although there is no perceptible give to the cord, part of the strain is converted into a torsional strain which produces a rolling or twisting movement of the cord causing a puckering of the rubber surface in the vicinity thereof which frequently results in cracking the rubber coating or tearing the cord. loose. Y

What I claim is,

1. As a new article of manufacture, arubber' overshoe having a high heel, said heel having embedded in the rear faceo r portion thereof a nonelastic tape, said tape being formed into Y the-shape of two inverted Us, one within the{ other, and having 2; As a new article'of manufacture, a 1 ub-- ber overshoe having a nonelastic reinforcing tape embedded therein, said tape extending,

around the upper and branching at the rear thereof, thence upwardly within theloop'l their lower ends embed-S ded in the sole ofv the shoe at the heel.

formed by the two downwardly extending sections. r t

3. As a new article of manufacture, an overshoe having a nonelastic tape laid along both'sides' of the overshoe-on the face of the foundation of the body of the overshoe b.e' neath the-rubber coating near the upper edge of the overshoe-and a non-elastic beading arranged on the outer face of said tape.

' 4. As a new article of manufacture, a rubher overshoe having-1a recess in each side thereof dividing the upper front portion from the upper rear portion and a nonelastic ta e embedded in the sides of said overshoe at t e edges'of said recesses, said tape being provided with a nonelastic beading on its outer face.

5. As a new article of manufacture, a rub-' ber overshoe having a-recess-in eachside thereof dividing the upper frontportion A from the u er rear ortion a nonelastic.

said overshoe tape embedded inthe sides of at the edges of said recesses and extending up and around the upper front ortion of the overshoe anda nonelastic bea ing arranged on the face of said tape and running longitudinally thereof' 6. As a new article of manufacture, a-rubber overshoe having its upper provided with a flap adapted to cover the instep-portion of a shoe, recesses extending edge of the upper, a nonelastic tape extending around the upper edges of said flap and said recesses and around'the heel portion of the rubber and a'nonelastiebeading arranged on the face of said tape andrunning longitudinally thereof.

7. As a new article of manufacture, arubber overshoe having the rear or heel portion thereof provided with a vertically "extending reinforcement consisting of a strip of nonelastic tape embedded therein, said tape having a nonelastic beading arranged on its face and extending longitudinally thereof.

8. As a new article of manufacture, a rubber-overshoe having a nonelastic reinforcing tape embedded therein, said tape extending around the upper and branching at the rear central portion. of the heeland thence ex- ,tending downwardly in a generally vertical landa, nonelastic beading arranged on the being formed at the junction of the base of said fiap' 'with the rearwardly direction as far as and into the heel thereof ,outerjface of said tape and of the branches ,the e f .ln testimony whereof, I signthe foregoing .specifieation,in thepresence of witnesses.

, EDWARD P. Rrcxnnr.

'i/li'itnesses:v if A M Vrcron G. LYNCH, N.L.i\1oDonnELL.- 

